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Politics reporter @POLITICO covering the Democratic and Republican National Conventions in Chicago and Milwaukee. Also host of Illinois Playbook.
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TRAGEDY: This morning, Congressman Casten’s daughter, Gwen (17), died, according to a statement. "The Casten family requests privacy, and we will be issuing no further comment during this heartbreaking time."
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BREAKING: Illinois Supreme Court upholds Illinois law banning the sale of assault rifles, high-capacity magazines and rapid-fire modifications.
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Trump supporter
@CatalinaLauf
challenges Trump foe
@RepKinzinger
for the IL-16 congressional seat. via
@politico
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A Chicago mayoral candidate says police should be allowed to "hunt down" suspects "like a rabbit." via
@politico
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George Bush on his friendship with Michelle Obama: "Jenna called and said ‘Dad, you’re trending.’ It was an illuminating moment for me because the country is starved for the kind of relationship where a Republican and a Democrat don’t have to be warring.”
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SCOOP: Illinois Attorney Gen.
@KwameRaoul
is endorsing Brandon Johnson for mayor of Chicago. Raoul is the highest-ranking statewide leader to endorse in the April 4 runoff.
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A hearing on an abortion bill when there's only one woman and she's the only medical professional in the room:
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BREAKING: Census officials say officially that ILLINOIS will lose one seat in Congress.
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First speaker is
@thrasherxy
,
@BernieSanders
surrogate: “I’m a black gay man with a queer eye for a straight white guy named Bernie Sanders!”
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@realDonaldTrump
Mr. Pres-elect, media companies can't afford to pay protesters. Let's arrange an intvw to talk about that & other issues.
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Illinois public health officials say they've identified another case of coronavirus--this one in Cook County. "The positive test results will have to be confirmed by the US Centers of Disease Control & Prevention." Patient is "hospitalized in isolation."
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Chicago Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson now leads Paul Vallas by more than 4 percent after more mail-in ballots arrived for counting. It's Johnson with 311,996 ballots or 52.05 percent vs. Vallas at 287,389 or 47.95 percent.
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Mayor
@LoriLightfoot
and
@Brandon4Chicago
cross paths at
@mannysdeli
. Power of pastrami!
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Rev. Jesse Jackson to endorse Brandon Johnson for Chicago mayor. Jackson attended last night's debate and his son, Congressman Jonathan Jackson, also has endorsed Johnson.
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Tourist's take of "dangerous" Chicago:
Concerned Parent in North Texas BRAVELY visits downtown Chicago and BARELY SURVIVES.
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@VP
Kamala Harris pays tribute to
@RevJJackson
. “He expanded who has a voice and a seat at the table. He has done this work his whole life.”
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At a time when many state legislatures have felt emboldened to veer right, Illinois lawmakers have moved left. They've passed the most progressive abortion rights legislation in the country on top of raising the minimum wage and legalizing marijuana. Details in Monday's PLAYBOOK.
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“We are Barbie and everyone else is just Ken,”
@JBPritzker
says of Illinois Democrats. He’s at the annual County Chairs breakfast ahead of the Governor’s Day at the State Fair.
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Continuing on her attack on
@realDonaldTrump
,
@chicagosmayor
says: We "see his game...To throw red meat to his base and inflame racist urges. We cannot let him prevail." The mayor says she'll say her next comment to Trump in code: It begins with F and ends with U.
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Sen. Dick Durbin, a Biden Democrat, is endorsing
@PaulVallas
for mayor of Chicago. Durbin sat out the first round of the mayor's race. We'll have more details in Playbook tomorrow.
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.
@GovPritzker
says he will be marching in the Aurora Pride Parade that Mayor Richard Irvin is boycotting.
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The Economist visits Rosemont to tell the story of what a town is like when one family runs everything.
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When you're a U.S. senator & parent working from home with your kids. "Mommy just needs 10 minutes without 'My Little Pony' on the highest setting," says
@SenDuckworth
before her TV interview. See Tales from the Homefront: (before the pandemic👇) HT
@kasie
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“Let’s legalize marijuana,” says Pritzker. This wine-drinking crowd likes that.
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"American people need help. Do your job, Congress," says former Illinois Treasurer Alexi
@Giannoulias
.
Congress MUST get stimulus checks for struggling families and businesses NOW. No excuses!
#StimulusChecksNow
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SCOOP! Alderman Raymond Lopez,
@RLopez15thWard
, launches bid for Chicago mayor: via
@politico
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President
@JoeBiden
signs executive order to fully reimburse Illinois for costs of National Guard activations in Covid-19 response efforts.
@SenDuckworth
urged this.
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This is what the
#Olympics
are all about
Co-gold medals were awarded this week in the Olympics when high-jumpers Mutaz Essa Barshim of Qatar and Gianmarco Tamberi of Italy tied.
Sports. Humanity. Integrity, character. Here’s the medal ceremony. Beautiful…
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How NBC killed its Weinstein story: "As a reporter, you expect people you investigate to play rough. What’s harder to experience is the stress/anxiety of being attacked from the inside, by the people who are supposed to have your back." via
@VanityFair
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SCOOP:
@BarackObama
and
@MichelleObama
have donated $15K to the
@dovetailproject
--a Chicago nonprofit that supports young African American fathers.
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TikTok historian Shermann
@6figga_dilla
Thomas Is fundraising to buy a bus for his South Side neighborhood tours:
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Brandon Johnson,
@Brandon4Chicago
, draws a crowd at
@mannysdeli
. “Ain’t no power like the power of the people,” cheer his supporters.
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@TinaSfon
Channeling
@RachelleJervis
, who once read 365 books in 365 days (scroll down this Sun-Times column):
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Postal Service continues to receive thousands of ballots BUT they're too late in many states to be counted: via
@politico
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.
@AyannaPressley
, sporting some power gloss here, urges the Fed and Treasury to ensure racial equity in emergency lending: via
@politico
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Former Gov. Jim Edgar didn't plan to go public with his vote for
@JoeBiden
. We were talking VT the
#GOPConvention
and the state of IL GOP politics when I asked who he's voting for in November. He took a long pause...and said Biden. Scoop via
@politico
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Chicago’s Pullman National Monument stands majestic for its official opening.
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.
@chicagosmayor
will be in Washington, D.C., Monday for the signing of the historic $1T infrastructure bill by President
@JoeBiden
. Chicago will see the CTA transformed with the federal funding.
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THE NUMBERS GROW: The Illinois Department of Public Health announces the single largest jump in
#COVID19
cases in a day--937 new cases, including 26 additional deaths.
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Standing O for
@HillaryClinton
at
@heartlandhelps
benefit in Chicago after
@GovPritzker
praises her as “the definition of courage.”
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That’s the governor and potential Republican challenger Darren Bailey in Springfield to turn in their petition signatures.
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“This campaign isn’t just about failed policies of a failed governor. It’s about the fight for economic security, jobs, health care, education and human services,” Pritzker tells his supporters.
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Biden’s on a spree nominating women of color to be federal judges. Why it matters. via
@politico
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A few thousand protesters have filled a street on Chicago’s West Side as President Joe Biden meets with high-end donors.
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Black candidates keep losing winnable races — and say the Democratic Party may be why via
@politico
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Before winter break, Payton high school students went and got tested during their lunch break and pulled together a spread sheet to document the rise in Covid at the school.
Please see the following email from Walter Payton College Prep faculty members.
@CTULocal1
@PaytonFriends34
@PaytonNews
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South Bend, Ind., mayor—praised by
@BarackObama
as the future of the Dem Party, will replace Biden as headliner for State Fair Dem Day on Thursday.
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BREAKING: Watch for
@aldsophiaking
to endorse
@PaulVallas
in Chicago mayoral runoff. King was among the candidates knocked out of the mayor's race in February.
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.
@LtGovStratton
buys Mindy’s edibles at the 6 am opening of cannabis store in Wrigleyville. She pays with a $100 bill.
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Similar name: Highland Park Mayor Nancy Rotering faced a challenge in her bid for mayor in 2019 from Bob Crimo, a former convenience store owner who may be connected to the person of interest in the shooting in Highland Park.
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Dan Sinker's child has drawn birds throughout the pandemic and the result is marvelous.
Sometimes I look at our walls and marvel at the time that has passed.
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The governor sets the record straight on what he thinks of covid misinformation:
WATCH: Things got contentious during a Q & A with Gov. Pritzker today when his press secretary shut down a question about possible school closures.
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@GovPritzker
@LtGovStratton
@KwameRaoul
@susanamendoza10
@MikeforIllinois
@DickDurbin
@SpeakerPelosi
@chicagosmayor
@RepJGB
With a nod to
@SpeakerPelosi
, Pritzker says thank god we didn't send a man to do a woman's job. Crowd goes wild.
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News: IL GOP governors debate May 24 at 7 pm on
@WGNNews
with Bailey, Sullivan and Rabine. Schimpf and Irvin yet to confirm.
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.
@SenDuckworth
demands Pentagon investigate if troops participated in Capitol 'coup attempt' via
@politico
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C'mon, there's been at least one great woman character: Selina Meyer of VEEP, for example.
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Chicago's business leaders are warming to Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson, a progressive whose campaign talk made them nervous. via
@politico
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We've now got a full council. Final vote shows
@RossanaFor33
defeats
@debmell
by a mere 13 votes. This puts the number of
@ChicagoCityDSA
aldermen at 6. Also victorious: Ald.
@JamesCappleman
.
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@chicagosmayor
to
@realDonaldTrump
: Chicago's not following your call to open churches. "The president is running for re-election. He’s pandering to a base. And I think we have to recognize that virtually everything he says has a political undertone and basis for it."
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The 14th-D congressional race has NOT been called, but Jim Oberweis sent a statement out anyway claiming victory. Now Rep. Lauren Underwood is pushing back: "Jim Oberweis doesn't' get to call this election: the voters do....Based on publicly available data, we remain confident."
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SCOOP: DOROTHY BROWN BOWS OUT. The longtime clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County will not seek re-election, she told Playbook.
"I've decided to look at the next chapter. It's time to do something new, and go to an even higher level."
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FIRST IN PLAYBOOK:
@jahmal_cole
, founder of
@mbmhmc
is running for Congress against
@RepBobbyRush
. via
@politico
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Illinois Speaker
@RepChrisWelch
says
@GovPritzker
is about to sign the historic Criminal Justice Reform Legislation carried by the Legislative Black Caucus. Watch for it Monday.
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US formally accuses Russia of crimes against humanity in Ukraine, Harris says. via
@politico
.
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Source confirms Jesse White will endorse
@AnnaValenciaIL
for secretary of state today. Huge get.
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.
@mspreciousdavis
has been appointed to serve as the next Commissioner at the
@MWRDGC
, filling the vacancy created by Kim DuBuclet’s appointment to the IL General Assembly. Brady-Davis is the first Black Trans person appointed in Cook County history.
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Greetings from
@Amtrak
, my ride to Springfield for the big election of the Senate president. I'll be tweeting about it through the day.
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BREAKING: Laurence Msall, the president of the Civic Federation in Chicago, has died. He was respected by politicos on both sides of the aisle for his knowledge and objective view on how government operates. Big loss to the civic community.
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.
@chicagosmayor
and Chicago’s First Lady greet Afghan immigrants for a first Thanksgiving at Golden House in Uptown.
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Good 4 You!
@Olivia_Rodrigo
will visit the White House to meet with
@JoeBiden
and Dr. Fauci “and record videos about the importance of young people getting vaccinated,” according to the Administration.
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Big media news! Veteran Broadcast Journalist Mary Dixon joins
@WBEZ
as morning anchor and local host of Morning Edition
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.
@GovPritzker
and
@RepBobbyRush
were on hand for
@JoeBiden
signing the infrastructure bill at the White House today. Illinois is set to see $1.7B to improve, roads, bridges, drinking water systems, and broadband access.
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"Everyone's entitled to be an idiot."
Biden responds to heckler: Let him go. Everyone is entitled to be an idiot
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.
@brianstelter
of
@CNN
reports "NBC has signed Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel as an NBC News and MSNBC Medical Contributor." Emanuel, a Chicago native and brother of former Chicago Mayor
@RahmEmanuel
, will co-host "The Last Word" with Lawrence O’Donnell for the next four Mondays.
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No joke. Cards Against Humanity,
@CAH
, is offering a scholarship to an aspiring woman scientist. Apps due Dec. 11.
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.
@BernieSanders
says a president can use the executive order to make marijuana legal. "I invite you to the White House for the ceremony when we do that...or maybe we'll do it in Grant Park!" cheers cheers
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SCOOP:
@BarackObama
and
@GovPritzker
are teaming up for a high-dollar fundraiser next week to benefit
@JoeBiden
.
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BREAKING:
@GovPritzker
has won a second term as governor of IL. With moments of polls closing, AP calls the race:
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Is this for real or a parody account? every line is hilarious.
“It’s my right as an American to have my house burn down if I want to.”🤣😭🤣
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